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WALTER H. BILLINGS, F NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNB. TO MILTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented'Nov. 26, 1912.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Beit known that l, WALTER H. BILLINGS,

f a citizen of-.theUnited States, residing at I' :[t -is the object of lmy present invention toV Newton, county of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented cert-ain -new anduseful Improvements in Mops, o-ffwhich the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to improvements in :mops and. like articles and particularly to the construction `of the head of the same.

devise a structure by which the assemblage fofithemop material upon the handle can be accomplished rapidly and readily to produce a mop of standard dimensions and inish'.

The construction and method of employment of .my invention will be more fully described in the specification which follows.

In that specification-and in .the drawings whichform a art of it, I have set forth ,the particular orm of mop structure as an illustrative embodiment of my invention.

, This vform I have found of practical adu vantage in the manufacture of mops and well adapted to commercial use.

Throughout .specification and drawings.

like reference numerals are employed to indicate corresponding parts and in the drawings: .Figure 1 is acen'tral sectional view of the mop, the handle being broken away above the mop head. Fig.,2 is a side viewl of the handle end, forming ring andplug. separated 4and with a portion of the ^mop material indicated in the ring. Fig. 3 is an end view of the Amop handle, and Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the ring. l

The handle 1 is constructed in the usual manner in the'form of a stati of suitable length having adjacent to one end an annular groove 9. The end of the handle l has a counterbore indicated at 7 and has also kerfs at right angles to each other as indicated at 8, thus providing a split end on the joint ,so that it will withstand the severe 5. strain of the expansive action of the wedge 5 .in forcing out the split end of the handle l to grip the mop'material whichlies between the ring 3 and the inserted' handle. On the lower sidethe ring is spun rout as shown at 32 to permit the spread of the mop material 2, which in the form shown is yarn. Obviously the material might be any suitable fabric or substance adapted to the use for which :the mop is intended.

The material 2 is hung over @the ring -3 bemgarranged about it symmetrically so as to completelycover thering and so as to hang down :upon each side thereoff in -a'substantially symmetrical arrangement. The split Iend of the handle l is -then inserted through the ring until the ,annular .groove 9 1s opposite. to the inner wall ofthe 3;

The imap material 2 is then .partedand a tapered plug 5. is then driven in'place, expanding the' splitend fof fthe :mop yso .that vthe groove i9 clamps the and :the :mop

material.

One of the ditliculties which has alwaysexisted in mops in `practical use has been the lfact that `the end of the .handle within the mop proper hasfbeen liable to scratch and mar .any finished' surface upon which `the mop is being used. I, there-fore, .pro-

vide a .hemispherical lhead :tor :the plug 5.-

This :head maybe formed integral with the plug 5, the whole being made of ber or f any other Asuitable material which .is .not liableto scratch: l

in 4assembling my mop a suitable amount ot mop material 2 is hung over the ring 3' being arranged symmetricallythereon. The

:split end of the handle l` with the plug removed is then driven in until the end'of the groove 8 comes opposite the ring 3. The split `end ofthe handle l will be compressed slightlyon entering the ring'but as soon as the groove 8 reaches the ring, the

handle will again expand gripping the material against the ring. The plug 5 is then driven in 'place Being preferably coated with glue prior to driving so that it will be permanently held therein. This plug may be of some suitable non-scratchable material as fiber, as indicated in Fig. 2 or may be a woodenlplug having a rubber headed button as indicated in Fig. 1.

After the handle has been securelylodged within the ring 3 the mop material/is drawn down symmetrically and vfastened byl a band 4, thus permanently establishing the /shaplli of the. mop head. AThe mop is then trimmed mop should be brought in contact with the finished surface, the head wil-l prevent scratching.

In finishing the mop the band 4 is drawn around .the mop material .just below the ring 3. This prevents the upper strands of the mop material from riding up within vthe upper edge of the ring and forms a com'- plete head, common to all mops of this type.

`-` Owing to the fact that't-he material is drawn -over a ring this head will not be dependent in any Way upon the skillpf the operator. The advantage of this will be readily seen when it is considered that the shape has heretofore been dependent' upon tying the mop material by cords which were drawn around the end of the mop handle and lmotted.

y .Various modifications may obviously be made in the form and construction of my device, vall Without departing from the l'spirit of my invention if' within the limits of the appended claims.

-What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A mop comprisuig a handle member having a split end and formed with a peripheral depression about said split end, an integral forming ring lodged on said end depending iange for guiding the inner and 'outer layers of mop material.

. 3. A mop comprising a handle member having a split end, an integral forming ring lodged on said end, a mop material hung over said ring, and symmetrically disposed about said handle end,`a wedge for expanding said handle end to compress the interposed material and hold the'ringin place, said wedge having a roundedhead of nonabrasive material disposed axially of said handlel and centrally of the surrounding mop material, substantially as shown and described. l

4. A mop comprising a handle member having a split end, an integral forming 'ring having an (ver-hanging upper shoulderlfor supporting the arch of the mop material, a mop material hung on said ring, andsymmetrically disposed about said handle end, a wedge for expanding said lhandle end vto compress the interposed material and to hold the ring in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WALTER H. Witnesses:

v R. B. ELLMs,

'Vic'roma LowDEN.

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